Stenothemus kuatunensis Wittmer, 1979

Yang, Yuxia, Ge, Shujuan, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2021, Review of the species of Stenothemus from Southeast China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 744, pp. 119-144 : 141

Stenothemus kuatunensis Wittmer, 1979

Fig. 5D‒F

Stenothemus kuatunensis Wittmer, 1979: 330 , fig. 2.

Material examined

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; [p] “KUATUN, FUKIEN // China, 26.9.(19)46// (TSCHUNG SEN.)”, [h] “ Stenothemus // kuatunensis //Wittm.”, [p] “Naturhistorisches// Museum Basel // Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p]“ CANTHARIDAE // CANTH00002946”; NHMB.

Other material

CHINA – Anhui • 2 ♂♂; Fengyangshan, Miaopudi ; 1430 m a.s.l.; 24 Aug. 2007; S.L. Liu leg.; IZAS . – Zhejiang • 1 ♂; Qingyuan, Baishanzu ; 1500 m a.s.l.; 9 Sep. 1993; H. Wu leg.; IZAS .

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 5D‒F ). Strongly swollen dorsally in basal part, contracted in diameter basally; basal piece obviously shorter than dorsal plate of each paramere, with a large, bifurcate conjoint middle nodule at base of ventral side; ventral process of each paramere nearly parallel to one another, long and flattened, apex rounded; dorsal plate slightly shorter than ventral process, nearly parallel-sided, layered in middle, external layer roundly emarginate in middle, internal layer feebly emarginate, apex subrounded; apical parts of laterophyses compressed and next to each other in middle, apex rounded and obviously exceeding middle emargination between dorsal plates.

Remarks

In the original publication ( Wittmer 1979), the aedeagus of this species was illustrated only in ventral view; here, it is also illustrated in dorsal and lateral views.

Distribution

China (Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang).

Figures

Fig. 5. Aedeagus (A, D, G = ventral view; B, E, H = dorsal view; C, F, I = lateral view). A‒C. Stenothemus fukienensis Wittmer, 1974 (IZAS, IOZ(E)1659634). D‒F. S. kuatunensis Wittmer, 1979 (IZAS). G‒I. S. chinensis (Wittmer, 1982) comb. nov. (IZAS, IOZ(E)1436585). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.